· 5/30/1986
United States v. Nile Smith
Citations
- 790 F.2d 789
- 20 Fed. R. Serv. 1018
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25433
How courts have described this case
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- noting that when reviewing a motion to suppress, the court “may affirm on any ground fairly supported by the record”
- finding probable cause where “under the totality of the circumstances known to the arresting officers, a prudent person would have concluded that there was a fair probability that [the defendant] had committed a crime”
- when reviewing a motion to suppress, the court may affirm on any ground fairly supported by the record
- coventurer’s testimony that another venturer had told him that the defendant “needed somebody that wanted to counterfeit money” properly admissible
- probable cause is determined “under the totality of circumstances known to the arresting officers”
- codefendants’ statements that jeep contained counterfeiting materials supplied probable cause
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Judges: Wallace, Farris, Boochever
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